title: Determining the effect of environmental accidents on responses to a Gulf of Mexico recreational for-hire fishing industry survey.
abstract: A survey designed to collect economic, attitudinal and policy data from the recreational for-hire (RFH) fishing industry in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was conducted before and during the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history (the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout). Respondents were grouped into two time periods based on when the survey was completed, where the break in groups was determined through the examination of the Pew Research Center's media coverage index and the per cent of fishing area closures due to the oil spill. A logistic regression was used to test variables that might predict the time period of a response. Results indicated that recall bias was not present in the financial variables examined, but that firm operating and demographic characteristics (i.e. vessel size, annual number of trips, number of vessels operating in the firm, tenure and household income) were significant in explaining the time period in which surveys were completed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, 101 Woodin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.; Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, 179 Woodin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, U.S.A.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Savolainen
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Kazmierczak
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Caffey
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000191:economics; D000818:Animals; D015982:Bias; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005398:Fisheries / Q000191:economics; D005431:Florida; D060851:Gulf of America; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics; D016015:Logistic Models; D059392:Petroleum Pollution / Q000191:economics; D011998:Recreation / Q000191:economics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000191:economics
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: fisheries management; logistic regression; oil spill; recall bias; socio-economic survey